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The Richmond
The Richmond is a residential neighborhood with vibrant small businesses, single-family homes and multi-unit buildings, a strong service network of neighborhood nonprofits, and great access to nature and open spaces.
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Great Highway measure to reopen coastal road set to qualify for November ballot
Volunteers gathered 15,626 signatures for a measure that would reopen the Great Highway on weekdays and leave the park open on weekends.
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Richmond BUzz
Richmond Buzz: Pop-ups, a massage spa and the case of two disappearing markets
In this week’s Richmond Buzz, a couple of grocery stores appear to have shuttered, and pop-ups show no sign of slowing down.
People We Meet
People We Meet: Complex characters at Simple Pleasures
Ahmed Riad took over Simple Pleasures in 1994. Today, he and his wife Diana Riggio keep the place’s vibrant, social atmosphere alive.
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Michael Durand, Westside newspaperman who turned neighbors into writers, dies at 70
Newspaper editor Michael Durand died last week, leaving behind two neighborhood papers, and a legacy of writers.
The San Francisco pop-up pizza joint betting on Balboa Street
Local business owner Jake Savas found a permanent home for his pizza passion project, just a few blocks north of his Clement Street arts supply store.
This buzzy Inner Richmond coffee pop-up just found a home on Geary Blvd.
The duo behind HI NRG have found a permanent home and are taking their tastes for coffee, wine and music farther west.
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Election 2026
San Francisco supervisors put public-bank measure on ballot
The ballot measure will create the governance structure for a public bank if voters pass it in November.
Mayor Lurie’s charter-reform effort gets $1.5M boost from tech execs, philanthropist
Mayor Lurie’s efforts to increase mayoral power got $500K from the Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs’ group, among others.
Connie Chan’s new campaign boss has deep S.F. labor roots and a direct line to Pelosi
The pick of Rudy Gonzalez as campaign manager, one said, is a “leveling up” in Connie Chan’s campaign for Congress.
Saikat Chakrabarti had grassroots potential and more money than God. Why did he lose?
Chakrabarti’s campaign had been expecting an endorsement from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Failing to obtain it was a blow.
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